Last week, in response to a recent post I made here in the Folk Music Notebook (“We Can Turn This Ship Around” – January 18, 2017 ), Christine Lavin sent out the word to the singer-songwriter contingent of the folk music community that I was both receptive to and welcoming new topical songs. I was overwhelmed with the response. Over the past week I received dozens of songs on a variety of subjects – gun control, the environment, the sad saga of the Bowling Green Massacre, and of course some songs about the current resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. I am still in the process of reviewing, but I scattered several during the course of the afternoon and there will be more to come in future broadcasts.

Some of the new songs I received include brand new recordings from Tom Chapin, Tret Fure, Carolann Solebello and Christine Lavin.

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ARTIST “Tune / Song”
ALBUM Label – Website
3PM
Theme: HARVEY REID “Dirty Dish Rag”
Solo Guitar Sketchbook Woodpecker Records – www.woodpecker.com
DIRDY BIRDIES JUG BAND “Give to the Cause”
Endangered Species self – www.birdies.org

EFRAT “Bring Me Peace”
The Silver Lining self – www.efratmusic.com
CROOKED STILL “American Tune”
Friends of Fall Signature Sounds – www.crookedstill.com

ZOE MULFORD “Blackbird”
Small Brown Birds Azalea City Recordings – www.zoemulford.com
JOE JENCKS “Rise as One”
Rise As One self – www.joejencks.com
SPOOK HANDY “Banks of Marble”
Keep the Flame Alive self – www.spookhandy.com

JIM INFANTINO “Bowling Green Massacre”
single self – www.jiminfantino.com

JANIE MARCH “In His Eyes”
In His Eyes self –

4PM
ROBINSON TREACHER “There’s Love in this World”
MP3 self – www.robintreacher.com

PETER, BETHANY & RUFUS “Turtledove”
Puff & Other Family Classics Salasaree Records – www.peterbethanyandrufus.com
ALL SHE WROTE “Polly Von”
Passing it On self – wrote.com

JOE VIRGA “King of the Mountains”
MP3 self – www.facebook.com/joe.virga/about
JACK WILLIAMS “Banks of the Edisto”
Far Away Long Ago Wind River Music – www.folkera.com/windriver , www.jackwilliamsmusic.com

TRET FURE “Another Unseasonable Season”
MP3 self – www.tretfure.com
GREG KLYMA “Static on the Airwaves”
Pianomandonation self – www.klyma.com

VANAVER CARAVAN “Hard Travelin'”
Pastures of Plenty Coming Together Festival – www.vanavercaravan.org
WOODY GUTHRIE “Going Down The Road”
My Dusty Road Rounder – www.rounder.com , www.woodyguthrie.org

JOHN SMITH “Don’t Put Me in A Box”
Kickin’ This Stone self – www.johnsmithmusic.com

5PM
CHRISTINE LAVIN “When It All Goes Wrong, We’ll Turn this Ship Around”
MP3 single self – www.christinelavin.com

JOHN MCCUTCHEON “Y’all Means All”
Trolling for Dreams Appalseed Productions – www.folkmusic.com

CAROLAN SOLEBELLO “Matches”
MP3 – new song self – www.carolansolebello.com
JULIE GOLD “Be God”
MP3 self – www.juliegold.com

THE CHAPIN SISTERS “We Will Not Stop Singing”
Today’s Not Yesterday self – www.thechapinsisters.com
ERIKA KULNYS “Rise Up”
Rise Up self – www.erikakulnys.com
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Ron Olesko
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